Green Shipping - Use reusable/recycled packaging. Use a green shipping company or method.

Light Less - Choose energy efficient light bulbs and machinery. Redesign to let in natural light to consume less electricity.

Recycle - Convert used materials into new products. Figure out what you can recycle and where.

Reduce Waste - Anticipate a way to prevent waste before it happens.

Reuse - Lengthen the life of a product or material before it is recycled or disposed.

Think Local - Buy locally and support prosperity in your community.

What are the Eco Icons? For any EcoChallenge, choose one or more icons that best reflects the category of sustainability that is helped by an EcoSolution. If an EcoSolution results in a new way to recycle something, choose the Recycle Icon; if an EcoSolution results in less waste production, choose the Reduce Waste Icon. A new water conservation method may represent multiple icons. You decide! If your EcoChallenge does not fall under any of the Icons, please let us know so we can create a new one! Scroll over each Eco Icon for a definition.